ABC's Cuomo to Huckabee: 'Can a Woman Be President?'

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ABC’s Chris Cuomo, who previously tried to push John McCain to give a preference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, asked Mike Huckabee, after citing Hillary Clinton, "can a woman be president?" Cuomo inquired this after mentioning that Huckabee signed an ad stating "a wife is to submit graciously to...her husband."

Huckabee appeared on the December 13 edition of "Good Morning America" to address his recent questioning of Mormon doctrine that "Jesus and the devil are brothers." Cuomo also asked Huckabee why he is "unwilling to say" that Mormons are Christians. Huckabee responded "it's not my place to start evaluating his faith, your faith, somebody else's."

It is also notable that GMA co-host Diane Sawyer previously attacked Huckabee for playing the "religion card."

The entire transcript is below.

CHRIS CUOMO: Now to the race for '08. For Republican candidates, has it come down to what one newspaper this morning calls a holy war for votes? At the center of that war, Governors Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Mr. Huckabee has had a huge jump in the polls to the top of the pack fueled by the evangelical vote in the Iowa Caucuses and also by controversy. He joins us now live. Good morning, thank you for joining us.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE: Thank you, Chris, great to be with you.

CUOMO: So let's get right to it. Are you basically asking people in Iowa and around the country to vote for you because you're a Christian?

 

HUCKABEE: Total nonsense. Absolutely not. In fact, one of the reasons that a lot of people are so completely surprised by our campaign is that we're number one now in Delaware, Michigan, places where it's not about evangelicals. It's about change. It's about somebody who's not from Washington, someone who grew up like most Americans connecting with the American people. This whole idea of a holy war is absolutely the creation of somebody, but is not the creation of my campaign. I get asked more God questions than anybody on the campaign trail, try to answer them all as honestly as I can. But that's not what is going on either in Iowa or the rest of the nation.

 

CUOMO: Well to the extent that the flames were stoked by your recent interview with "The New York Times Magazine" where you asked, "don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the Devil are brothers?" Now, I know you apologized to Mitt Romney. I know he accepted the apology.

HUCKABEE: Right.

CUOMO: But let me ask you, why did you ask that question? Did you ask it to bait the bias against Mormons among your followers?

HUCKABEE: Absolutely not. That's why I apologized to Mitt Romney. It was in the course of a conversation. The writer of the story actually knew more about Mormonism than I did. And I was asking him, because he was telling me things that I didn't know. I told him -- and I think it maybe in the article, it's an 8100 word article. And the only thing that was lifted out for the news stories was that one quote, ten words. And the interesting thing is, I was asking -- it was a conversation and it was more to ask him. Is that the case? And frankly didn't think much about it. I think he was surprised that it's become such a national story. But the point is that it did become a national story. I felt obligated to tell Mitt face to face, "look, that was not my intention, I apologize to you." He accepted it, done deal, it's over. I've been very careful because I've been asked, Chris, you can imagine, every day on the campaign trail, tell me about Mormonism. And my answer is I'm not going there. I'll tell you about my Baptist faith. I can barely explain that. I sure can't explain somebody else's and I'm not going to try.

CUOMO: But it keeps coming up mostly because it seems that you're drawing a distinction. You've been somewhat noncommittal about saying whether or not you think Mormons are Christians. You know Mitt Romney's come out and says he accepts Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Do you believe they're Christians? Why are you unwilling to say that?

HUCKABEE: Because it's not my place to start evaluating his faith, your faith, somebody else's. If I don't answer, people say I'm being evasive. If I do answer, they say I'm taking shots or drawing distinctions. So what I'm saying is I'll be happy to discuss what I believe. I'm not going to try to get into somebody else's heart, mind and soul and talk about what they believe. What I think we need to be talking about is not so much our differences of faith, but our differences on key issues. Whether it's taxes, whether it's immigration, whether it's the issue of how to protect this country, education, there's lots to talk about. I believe one of the reasons incredible poll numbers are going our way, is because I focused on a positive campaign. I've not done mailers, attack ads on television, I don't do robo calls against the other candidates. People are looking for someone they can be for, not somebody that they can just get disillusioned because the other candidates have hit him in the kneecaps with a ball bean hammer.

CUOMO: If the momentum continues the way it is and you become the candidate, the nominee and then you win the election, how will you deal with your faith? You say faith comes first, and your motto, faith, family, freedom, with the U.S. Constitution? That's what comes first for this country. Would you put the Constitution first or your faith?

 

HUCKABEE: Well, you always put the Constitution first. You know, I was a governor ten and a half years, longer in an executive position than anybody running for president. Nobody can find evidence that in Arkansas I tried to take the Capitol dome down and put up a steeple or that I said let's exchange our legislative meetings with prayer meetings. The point is I led an education reform. We rebuilt our road system. We made a transformation of protecting our natural resources. We made tax cuts. Those were the things that I focused on as governor because that was my job. And I'm going to do that job. This country has a wonderful long history of presidents who unapologetically also were people of faith. They didn't feel that they were muzzled because of their convictions. And no American should be.

CUOMO: Right --

HUCKABEE: Nobody --

CUOMO: It becomes just a question of evaluating what role your faith may play in your leadership. For example, in 1998, you signed a statement in a full-page ad about the family in "USA Today" that said "a wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ." Let me ask you, your main opponent on the Democratic side may well be Hillary Clinton. Can a woman be president?

HUCKABEE: Absolutely. In fact, I don't want it to be next year because I think I'd like to be president next year. So will there be a female president? Of course there will. And should there be? Absolutely. There's no gender test for being a president. Many women have been some of the greatest leaders in the world, whether it's Margaret Thatcher, other great women across this country. If you look at my cabinet, I had more women in my cabinet and on my staff in key positions, including chief of staff, than any other governor probably in Arkansas history.


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Mike Huckabee (what you don't know)

Huckabee on Taxes (Video) (1min)

Age: 52

Education:
- Ordained to ministry Southern Baptist Convention, 1974
- B.A. Religion, Ouachita Baptist University, 1976

Military Experience:
- None

Political Experience:
- Lt. Governor of Arkansas, 1993-1996
- Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007

Religion:
- Baptist

Fiscal Record:

Huckabee's Fiscal Record
Mike Huckabee is a Liberal
Updated Huckabee White Paper

- Immediately upon taking office he signed a sales tax hike in 1996
- He raised taxes on gasoline in 1999
- He supported an internet sales tax in 2001
- He created a $5.25 per day bed-tax on private nursing home patients in 2001
- He publicly opposed the repeal of a sales tax on groceries and medicine in 2002
- He proposed another sales take hike in 2002 to fund education improvements
- He raised taxes on cigarettes in 2003
- He opposed a congressional measure to ban internet taxes in 2003
- He allowed a 17% sales tax increase to become law in 2004
- He increased state spending 65.3% from 1996 to 2004
- The number of state government workers rose 20% during his tenure
- Governor Huckabee refused to pledge not to raise taxes if elected President

Tax Hike Mike

- Overall, Huckabee’s substantial tax hikes far surpassed his modest tax cuts, with the average tax burden increasing by a whopping 47% over his tenure.

Illegal Immigration:

Laura Ingraham: Huckabee Is A "Big Loser" On Immigration (Audio) (5min)
Huckabee Supported Scholarships for Illegal Aliens (Video) (5min)

Huckabee aid plan for illegal aliens draws 'venom, anger'
Huckabee promotes 'open door' policy at LULAC convention

Global Warming:

Huckabee is the only Republican candidate to support: Cap and Trade CO2 Legislation, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Regulation and Renewable Energy Standards

The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource

So vote for Guiliani the

So vote for Guiliani the BABY KILLING, SODOMITE LOVER, or Romney the LYING BABY KILLING SODOMITE LOVER, and reap what you sow.

You cannot serve GOD and MAMMON. Make up your minds! No One is Perfect. Do you want a MORAL , stready president who is OPPOSED to KILLING BABIES and is OPPOSED to the HOMOSEXUAL tide of FILTH that seeks to engulf our world or do you want to "save a few bucks"? 

"Fiscal" conservatives who sell out Jesus for filthy lucre are pathetic. Take your thirty pieces to hell with you when you elect a babykilling sodomite and DOOM  the Pro-Life movement in this country.

Or you could vote for

a liberal Democrat named Huckabee.

Keith, did you not take

Keith, did you not take your meds this morning? Where did that come from? Why did you only single out two of the candidates? Surely you can trash them all!

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WHO should WE vote FOR

WHO should WE vote FOR Keith, AMERICA depends ON your PERSPECTIVE and OPINION.


What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

Hey Keith. Are you a member

Hey Keith. Are you a member of  the Westboro Baptist Church ? You know, the now 11 million dollar in debt church?

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No bass

Keith is UPC.

candance, no way!!! Really?

candance, no way!!! Really? He comes off like a Westboro moron? I guess Westboro dosent have a monopoly on idiots.

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no surprise to me bass

I have several family members who are UPC and they are just as bad as Keith. I can't even visit my uncle because I get a sermon every time I go. He's actually taken an ink pen and scribbled out Bible passages he doesn't like. Then he tells us we're all pagans.

Oh Lord, candance. I feel

Oh Lord, candance. I feel for ya...

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What is UPC? I forget.

What is UPC? I forget.

What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

Found a link

UPC

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

LOL

Chickens.


What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

Re-Pentacostal   Save a

Re-Pentacostal  

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Well I'm Pentecostal

But I aint that kind of Pentecostal.

it shows, candance. No

it shows, candance. No offence. Not a general attack on the Pentacostals, just Keithy boy.

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Hello

We have 8 years of good old Bush and Abortions are still legal. Maybe because the president does not write the laws? Gay Marriage has been banned in just about every state it came up. Hey I am against abortions but I am not going to sacrifice the nation's economy just to elect a pro-life liberal. Sorry never going to happen.

Wackos like you are why the taxes are as high as they are now. The Huckster is going down.

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P tech

here's the problem a possible pro-life RINO or Hillary (who has a lot of ideas but the country can't afford them all)

Even still until the primaries are done I say GoHunter08

Anyone but the Huckster

Sorry but I would vote for Ron Paul before I vote for the huckster. It is not a Pro-Life Rhino but a Pro-Life Liberal. I am not going to just support anyone Pro-Life while dumping illegal immigration AND taxes.

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I second that.

I second that.

I guess you're not

I guess you're not considering Ron Paul either?

Check out my exclusive edit of BBC News America's interview with Mrs Clinton: It's news to me!

Women are only good for

Cuomo, You know women are only good for not stand by their woman man, not baking cookies, throwing lamps off of husband's heads, being mean to the hired help, stealing FBI files, firing Billy Dale, blackmailing news types so they only get easy questions and hiring thugs to threaten bimbos who their husband's are attempting to rape.

When is the GOP going to start answering these liberal questions with the reality of Hillary Clinton.

Huckabee failing in this has proven he is no more than Hillary, Edwards and Obama in not being ready for the job.

 

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

-

"No person having the least particle
of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood" (Brigham Young)

"...we have the definite
word of the Lord Himself that he placed a dark skin upon them as a curse
-- as a punishment and as a sign to all others"

Well, there you go: Jews, Christians, Muslims and Mormons all believe in so-called inspired words of 'god' that show that 'god' supports segregation. Should ANY of them be allowed to run the country [i.e. be President of the United States]?

Not in my book. This great nation was founded by enlightened men who didn't believe in the bible as the inerant word of 'god.' As usual, you can point to most of the most heineous acts of the US and see the hand of the authors of the old testiment behind them. Harry Truman found it easier to murder innocent women and children bacause he was a good christian racist.

It is a testament to the wisdom of the founders of this nation that it has done as well as it has in spite of the fact that superstitious cult members including born-again christian wackos like Bush are allowed just like everyone else to hold public office. I can't tell you how many people have told me with a straight face that they voted for Bush in order to hasten the end times. Personally, I don't want to live through their self-fulfilling prophecy of hatred.

Agent??

"This great nation was founded by enlightened men who didn't believe in the bible as the inerant word of 'god.'"

History not your best subject, is it?

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I was kind of curious about

I was kind of curious about the Harry Truman comment. Enlighten us oh wise agent.


What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

I think...

....he might have been referring to Truman ordering the dropping of the big ones on Militarist Japan to end the war, thus saving the lives of hundreds of thousands if not millions of Japanese and Americans.

Possibly

I guess if ol Harry would have been an atheist it would have been ok. Everyone knows only white Christians are racist.


What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

Retelling a lie doesn't make it the truth:

The Japanese were prepairing to end the war by surrendering, but
Truman wanted to use the bomb first, in order to show the Soviets that
we had a working weapon.

Truman saved nobody by using the bomb on Japan. He used it to murder women and children. End of story.

absolutely agent why

and flying saucers landed in 1942 and gave us the technology.

or maybe being psychotic doesn't change history?

Support our Troops    

Agent WHY and the revision agenda

Don't believe anything Agent WHY says. This is the same person who claimed liberals supported the troops in Vietnam.

You are an F-ING LIAR of the

You are an F-ING LIAR of the first magnitude! There is NOTHING in Christianity which supports segregation based on race. The bible does however insist upon IDEOLOGICAL SEGREGATION but that would be too much for a retard like you to understand, Hellboy. In fact it's LIARS like you that have the world thinking that Jesus was "white" in the first place, which he could not have been,  the BIBLE says that Jesus' skin was the color of BURNT BRASS (rev 1:15) and I don't know how you get "caucasian" out of that. So, you're a devils imp LYING about Jesus AGAIN. 

Ahhh, Keith. Rev is of

Ahhh, Keith. Rev is of things to come, not things of the past. You and Ebinizer need to get your acts together and figure this stuff out. Leave Westboro church and wise up.

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Keith drops the F bomb

Classy man, classy....

And under that childish

And under that childish reasoning YOU just dropped it by calling it the "F" bomb, dunce. Last time I checked the "f" bomb has four letters. Don't hate, read your bible. 

By doing that, you were

By doing that, you were implying the word. For someone so high and mighty, maybe you shouldnt do that. I dont think Jesus went around using initials for curse words "because its ok cause I'm not really saying it."

What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

If you weren't so busy

If you weren't so busy butting into other peoples business and trying to disparage them, you might have learned that I have already stated that I was a WORSE human being than good people like yourselves. Not Better. That said, what I said about the bible is right and what they said is wrong. What I said, I proved and all I got back was stupid opinions which don't matter a whit. 

I am just pointing out that

I am just pointing out that you spout all this Bible at everyone, but you act like a complete prick. As for butting in, didnt know this was a private thread.

What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

See, that's where YOU''RE A

See, that's where YOU''RE A PRICK! I NEVER not ONCE uttered a SYLLABLE about religion, unless the SUBJECT IS RELIGION. The post that got all these numbnutz upset was the one where THEY were all OPINING sans scripture mind you, that Jesus was okay with violating the commandment that JESUS GAVE! When I pointed out how wrooooong they were, I got attacked! So I attacked BACK with the truth. I couldn't care less whether you accept it or not, pally. I got mine, it's up to you to get yours!  My job is to show you the truth, not to "sugar coat" it or anything else. I'm secure in the knowledge that if I'm not "planting", I'm "watering" and in any event it's God that's gotta give the "increase". So my "tone", "attitude" or nothing else really matters, as long as you people look up those scriptures. Those who want to be saved will do so and when they find that their churches have been lying to them for the sake of 10,000 seat memberships, in lieu of the Holy Ghost, they are properly upset. I don't spout "all this Bible" at "everyone", I don't care that much about you. The only thing I do is answer or correct false doctrine. Everyone's got a calling, well, the exposure of false doctrine has been mine since 1992.  But all you people can do is hate me. You can't even gather the intellectual honesty to admit that the things I've taught you and more importantly SHOWED you , you've never been told before. But that's okay, I'm not in it for the "cred". I'm in it because ever since the Lord saved me 12-27-92 bet 3:00-5:00pm, he places "unctions" on my heart in the face of false doctrine. He has also, through the word of Knowledge given me an unerring sense of where the scriptures are that deal with ANY issue. That's why I can start at ANY book in the new testament and show people like you that you're not baptized or filled with the Holy Ghost correctly. My boast, as Paul said, is in the Lord. I was an individual so reprehensible that it would scare you. So don't think I'm on some "High horse" quite the contrary, I'm worse than all of you put together. But that's the kind of person that the Lord uses, someone who will NEVER sell out the doctrine of Christ. John the Baptist came as one "CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS", no subtlety there! Ezekiel was told, as I was, to 

Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

See, God is the one who sent the "Fire and brimstone" preachers too! Everyone's job is not to "coddle" your feelings. You have a responsibility too. You have been told by Jesus to "search the scriptures" therefore you have no excuse for being misled. Like the guy who complained about MY attitude, meanwhile JESUS would have BRAIDED A WHIP, overturned his tables and whipped his butt for the heretical junk he's spewing. You may not like the method, but none of this is about what "you like". IT's about salvation. And the truth is the truth no matter WHO tells it to ya, or how. See, again the problem is "false doctrine", you come from the fake churches which believe that salvation is "up to YOU", that you can "accept Jesus as your personal savior" or some other bunk that has nothing to do with Christ. The sad truth is that it's not up to you to "accept" Christ, how arrogant of you, no my friend you have to fall on your knees and REPENT of you sins and HOPE that Christ "accepts" YOU. And when HE does, he gives you the same sign he's been pouring out since the day of Pentecost (acts 1:4-8, mark 16:16 Acts 2:4, Acts 19:1-7 )  You have to be elected to this salvation, it is not a club that you can "join". That's why Jesus was always speaking in parables and saying to His followers in response to their queries, "to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom but to them it is NOT given" and "he who has EARS to hear, let them hear". The WORD (heb 4:12) doesn't "return void" so it's really not about "convincing you". It's more about SHOWING you and seeing if it "takes". 

But sanctify the Lord God in

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; 1 Peter 3:15

That is to say, meekness and fear of the Lord.  Watch yourself and your delivery.  That verse applies to myself as well, because I've lost it here just recently too.  I ask forgiveness for this, but I know on the internet there is none. 

It's a fine line between the "defense" and "meekness" in that verse.  Personal conflict and emotions get too tangled up.  Meekness does not mean "weak" but rather strength under control.  

Sure, your opponents don't fight fair, but this doesn't mean we have the right to do the same.  I need to remind myself of this (often).

-PJ

"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07 

or is that

gentleness and respect?  don't we all get out of character at times?

is that defense or apologia (reasoned agrument)?

and yes you did send me the trinity paper

GoHunter08

That was NKJV there Botg, I

That was NKJV there Botg, I don't want to be confusing.  I don't think Keith is listening anyway. =(

-PJ

"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07 

How do you know if I have

How do you know if I have been baptized or not? How do you know if I am filled with the Spirit or not? Just because you claim to be, does that give you the right to berate people?

Ive dealt with "Christians" like you for years. You are just an angry little person who can spout some bible verses to try to justify your behavior.

Nothing wrong with pointing out error. But if in pointing out said error you cause a person to reject Christ, then the blood is on your hands.


What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

Obviously the term, ALPHA

BassNdude, Obviously the term, ALPHA and OMEGA is lost on you.  He is the BEGINNING and the END, dude. The bible in Genesis says that man was made in the "image of God" yet it also says that God was Spirit. In your linearly messed up world making man in God's image would have man looking like a "bush" or a "pillar of fire" since that is how God subsequently revealed himself. Those who actually HAVE the Spirit with which the scriptures were written, don't make such childish errors of understanding. The BODY of Christ was in the mind of God before the foundation of the world,since as everyone but you and your ill informed ilk seems to know, God sees the "end from the beginning".Therefore it is in THAT image that God who had no form, patterned man after. So the statement of HOWEVER Jesus looked at WHATEVER TIME IN HISTORY is perfectly valid.  Why don't you figure out how you're supposed to be baptized before you try out your fledgling biblical knowledge on me? 

Keith, the burning bush,

Keith, the burning bush, pillar of fire, nor the glimse that God allowed Moses on the mountian has anything to do with it. I think your lost in the wilderness. Your statement is invalid. Before you are baptized, you should confess your filthy mouth and your intolerance for your fellow man before God. Your attitude is not the attitude that Jesus displayed here on earth.

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Bass

A few days ago I called Keith out for not having a very loving attitude. Here was his exact response:

this is an act of LOVE, dummy. I could have just laughed at your stupid butts and cliked on something else 

LOL candance. Rther typical

LOL candance. Rther typical response from that type. I suspect he is not well loved. I know he is not respected here. Nor is he rational. Westboro has nothing on Keithy. Not a thing.

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candance

aaawwww.... that's so enduring..... sweetness, he called you "dummy"!

:)

 

"No wonder I turned out so amazingly amazing."

-- Leon (Robin to Professor TP&C's Batman)

 See only the unlearned

 See only the unlearned think that using the word "F" is the same as using the expletive that begins with that word. Secondly, only the "factually challenged" of which I know, there are many, think that the "F" word is "profane".  In fact, if I asked you to explain why the word "F" is profane but the word that you think it originates from, "Fornicate" is not, you wouldn't be able to.  Same for penis and vagina and their alternative descriptions. Thankfully the Lord isn't as confused as you are. The problem is that you don't understand either the biblical prohibition against cursing, NOR the origin of the "F" word. There were two armies, at war, I know which but I'm not gonna tell you, LOOK IT UP.  After orders were given to remove the middle fingers of all enemy archers , the proof that one's middle finger remained became a badge of honor. In it's inception the term known as the "f" word, was oringinally "pluck" as in what an archer does with his bow.  After which time those who were in rebellion would hold up their middle fingers at the Kings men and say "I can still PLUCK you", seeing as their fingers remained intact. Which became shortened to "PLUCK YOU"  which devolved into , well, you know.  Just as in biblical days when your "profession" was your statement of "Faith" and had nothing to do with your JOB, which was merely a MAN'S NAME , the word "pluck" has morphed into the "f" word.  In the bible words that were CURSES are not what you think they are and a curse didn't have to have certain "taboo" words in it. A "curse" was an "imprecation of doom" an oath in which the petitioner asked God to "damn" someone, or kill their enemies or so on. This is the reason that many churches that actually have the Holy Spirit, will tell you that there are some PSALMS that it wouldn't be right to pray "at" someone, since they contain imprecations of doom. Most of the words your silly world has "tabooed" were never "curses" to begin with. "Bitch"is a female dog ,a "Ass" is an animal and a "bastard" is a child of dubious parentage. The only one that actually remains would be (G.D.) because obviously if you ask "God" to "Damn" someone, that would be the textbook definition of an "imprecation of doom". 

 **Your attitude is not the attitude that Jesus displayed here on earth.**

Like most things you write about the bible, they are ill informed and poorly researched. It's okay for a Christian to be angry, did you know that?

Ephesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

 

You made me angry and I expressed that without once asking God to damn you, sooo where's the "sin"? When you speak of Jesus' "attitude" did you mean the attitude He had when He went into the temple, overturned their tables and THREW THEM OUT BODILY?  That attitude? 

MaRK 11

5And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

 16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

 17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. 

Now I wonder what Jesus would do with a "church" that baptized differently than he DIRECTED through His APOSTLES AND which claims it's adherents to have received the Holy Spirit in a DIFFERENT MANNER than the way HE SAID IT WAS COMING? Serious food for thought there dude. All these folks were doing was selling pies and stuff~! 

See Jesus never had any intention for His followers to be a bunch of half queer pantywaist handwringers. Such aren't fit for battle. And just like you don't have a clue about Jesus' "attitude" neither do you understand WHY He came in the first place. Unlearned folk like yourself generally swallow the "He came to bring PEACE ON EARTH", garbage of the Catholic Church. Like most of their doctrine, this is the exact OPPOSITE of Christ's purpose, for He came NOT to bring PEACE but to bring TURMOIL and UPHEAVAL. MATTHEW 10: 34-36

 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

 36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.  

Notice that Christ came to set a man at "variance" against his own father! And that man's ENEMIES will be FAMILY! That "variance" by the way is the convicted feeling that those who are fake with their religion feel, when they are exposed to the unvarnished truth. And by "fake" I mean NOT baptized properly and NOT filled with the true Holy Ghost ( glossalalia, not a "good feeling") See how angry you get? I know it's my "snark" but that's my "pinache", I'm not here to be "liked".  And God has used both the meek and the strong and IRRITATING to make his point, LOL. He used those "wise" as doves and also those who "CRY LOUD AND SPARE NOT", it's depends on the audience. If you were dumber than you are, I would have hit you with the old "sweetness and light" but since your posts against the libs who were likening Christianity to Islam, were full of "piss and vinegar" I adjusted my approach. I figured that you would at the very least, DO WHAT YOU DID, meaning , you'd actually LOOK UP THE SCRIPTURES I reprinted! Just to make sure this numbnutz screamin' on a blog, wasn't lying. And you now know, DESPITE how you feel about me, that you are NOT baptized properly and that BEING baptized properly is of paramount importance to Jesus. Mark 16:15-17, see how far we've come? Anywhoo, if you could be this WRONG about even the purpose for which Christ came, and the "attitude" He brought with Him, what can you really be relied on for at this point? Jesus whipping the money changers and cursing a tree who's fruit he didn't like, hardly fits with your "refined" understanding, huh? See, if you weren't so quick to try and disparage someone who is trying to teach you something that can save you , you might just profit by it. Profit for your soul that is.

 And what was my original crime? I came into a chat where you and Candance and Airforce were all LYING on JESUS and claiming to be Christian! YOU were the ones writing for millions to be misled by, that JESUS would be "OKAY" with someone naming a TEDDY BEAR "Jesus". Using a "P.C. skull full of mush" understanding of Jesus, that sounds fine, until one actually reads a little thing called the TEN COMMANDMENTS! And here comes the bad guy, ME! With the sheer temerity, the UNMITIGATED GALL, to tell this room full of Christians that it was JESUS who SAID NOT TO TAKE HIS NAME IN VAIN, in the first place!!!! When God spoke to Moses, WHAT'D HE USE, "Christian"!??? Huh, big mouth, what'd HE USE? Did He use "WORDS"???? And what HAPPENED to the WORD OF GOD , oh bible scholar?

JOHN 1:1,14 

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

So GOD'S WORD that he used WHEN HE TOLD MOSES NOT TO TAKE HIS NAME IN VAIN, became FLESH and it is the WORD of GOD that YOU WORSHIP AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE GODHEAD (COL2:8,9) KNOWN AS CHRIST JESUS.  Which would make a "Christian" who thinks that Jesus would be at "variance" with HIS OWN WORDS, pretty silly wouldn't it, silly rabbit?

I'm not here to be

I'm not here to be "liked".

You are doing a fine job of that.

What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

And from the private

And from the private messages I get, I'd say I'm also doing a fair job of showing the "intellectually honest", the way it is supposed to be done.

Please more bible quotes

You have almost convinced me that your religious zeal has blinded you to all other conservative issues.

Taxes? Who Cares

Illegal Immigration? Who Cares

The Economy? Who Cares

But does he quote the bible? The Huckster is my man!

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With the way this world is

With the way this world is going I'd say "pretty much". While I am against illegal immigration, I'm not going to be a NAZI about something that I PARTICIPATED IN CAUSING! The U.S. governements multi-administration COMPLICITY in Mexicans running over the border and secreting themselves in our society would temper an HONORABLE man's response. It's kind of hypocritical to watch a situation develop, to profit from the development of the situation and then act as if "THIS IS THE MOST HORRENDOUS VIOLATION OF LAW I'VE EVER SEEN!" Once the U.S. government made a LAW that says children of illegals get carte blanche, well in the words of Colin Powell, "you break it, you bought it".

As for the economy Al Gore'd consider me rich and I'd like to stay that way. But I've been poor and survived too~! I don't place MONEY on the same par with either morality or religion. I like Huck because he's not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. He hasn't flip flopped on any of the IMPORTANT issues like the homosexual agenda being shoved down the throats of our children. Something GUILIANI was COMPLICIT IN! As was Romney! Don't you remember the sex ed scandal in Romney's state where the homo's were coming into schools ON MITT ROMNEY'S WATCH teaching, GOLDEN SHOWERS AND FISTING? This derailed potential talk of an ambassadorship that Bush was considering for him, if memory serves, and it does. Huck's NEVER saw a baby as a disposable piece of crap to be flushed down the toilet like GUILIANI AND ROMNEY before him. Hucks NEVER lived with two sodomites and therefore takes all their "issues" to heart like Guiliani. Right now, in California, piece of crap governor has signed a bill that outlaws the use of the words MOTHER AND FATHER for Christ's sake. And you're worried about tax cuts? I think it's YOUR priorities that are out of wack, Pop Tech, not mine. 

THEN YOU PAY MY BILLS!

Stop preaching and pay my bills! You love the Huckster and all the taxes he is going to ram down your throat, then vote for the nanny stater. I just hope you wake up and get a clue.

FACT #1 - The President of the United States has no power to create anti-abortion laws.

FACT #2 - The President of the United States has no power to create marriage laws.

He does have the power to veto them. Now you need to ask yourself, if Congress passed either law would Romney or Rudy veto them?

The President does have the power to reduce government spending and veto all tax bills - which is more important since I do not see either of these two in Congress.

FACT #3 - In all states where the vote came up except 1 gay marriage was banned.

FACT #4 - Every woman can choose NOT to have an abortion.

What part of this do you NOT understand

FACT #5 - I have no choice when paying my taxes.

So what should we do with all the gays BTW? I want to here your enlightened solution.

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}}---> Really? PopTech

FACT #1 - The President of the United States has no power to create anti-abortion laws.

According to the Constitution, the Supreme Court has no such power either.  Is it at all possible there's more way than one to gain "power" ?

I ♣ My Seal

Clueless

The Supreme Court interprets laws! What part of our government do you people not understand? 

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PT, Sorry to butt in, but

PT,

Sorry to butt in, but I think Cool Arrow is expressing irony.  I think he may be more on your side here than you may think.  Apologies, Cool Arrow if I'm putting words in your mouth.

 

Last time....

I checked, when you're baptized, you go down a dry sinner and come up a wet one.....$0.02.

"You're either part of the solution or part of the problem"

haha, Agent Whine

"I can't tell you how many people have told me with a straight face that they voted for Bush in order to hasten the end times."

Amazing!  Plainly, you're either lying or you're delusional.   Considering your past posts, it's a toss-up.

I love your attempt at

I love your attempt at taking a swipe at Romney in your first paragraph. What you fail to note is Brigham Young, while believing God marked Cain and his descendants, also believed that slavery was bad and was one of the proponents of it's end. Young is quoted as saying:

"If the Government of the United States, in Congress assembled, had the
right to pass an anti-polygamy bill, they had also the right to pass a
law that slaves should not be abused as they have been; they had also a
right to make a law that negroes should be used like human beings, and
not worse than dumb brutes. For their abuse of that race, the whites
will be cursed, unless they repent."

Pretty racist stuff, huh?

I also ask you to go back and actually read the word of our Founding Fathers, the Federalist Papers, and so forth. I think you will find God, and faith, not only played in integral part in their private lives, but in the business of the Nation as well. You will not learn that by inhabiting the Kos, Media Matters, or HuffPo web sites. They are not the best reference for reality.

As for Truman the "baby killer". Again, stay off the web sites previously mentioned, and read up on history in general, and WWII in particular. The Japanese due mainly to pride and belief in their Emperor (instead of God) had proved beyond a shadow of a doubt they would NOT end hostilities with the US. They fought to their death in every battle. In their teachings, it was a sin against the Emperor to surrender. As such, many would commit hara-kiri, a ritual suicide, rather than lay down arms when overwhelmed.

It is well know fact that Japan had armed every last man, woman, and able child, in preparation for Allied invasion. Had the Allies invaded Japan, the carnage would have been indescribable! Estimates were in the millions of deaths on both sides and more in wounded. All Nations, Allied and the Japanese would have been devistated. Remember it took TWO bombs to get Japan to surrender. And even then, Hirohito's army tried to assinate him so he couldn't surrender! Hirohito (the Emperor of Japan) had made a recording that was smuggled out of the palace by a servant, that was later broadcast to the Japanese people (most of whom had never heard Hiro's voice!)

Only a fool or an idiot wouldn't realize that as horrible as the nuclear destruction was, it saved far more lives, both Japanese, and American, than it took. Think MILLIONS more!

While we're at this, a few threads back, I asked you to back up your claims to "Bush's crimes" so far you haven't got back to me. Are you having too much trouble researching that? Again I ask you, please provide some evidence in the form of CREDIBLE links. Hint: Kos, HuffPo, and MM are NOT credible sources.

Finally I have to ask you a personal question. What happened to you in your miserable life that makes you hate our fine Nation so much?

Japanese

Try again; The Japanese were trying to surrender, conditionally, for six months before the wars end. did they have civil defense; yes as did most of the warring nations.

You are correct, Japan was

You are correct, Japan was working with the Soviets, but NOT America. Although, the US was aware of the negotiations.

http://www.cfo.doe.g...

August 15, 1945 is the date Hiro broadcast his intent to surrender to the Allies.

Sorry for the confusion.

Yes But first you have to

Yes

But first you have to have a woman running

 

LOL. What doesn’t kill

LOL.


What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom  

As a supporter of Huckabee,

As a supporter of Huckabee, I found his comments while "p.c", unfortunate. I would have liked him to say something like "Gee Chris, you pantywaist handwringers are always getting your lace undies in a bunch whenever we take a military action in the middle east. An overwhelming concern of yours seems to be how our actions "play" on the "Arab Street".  Do you think they respect WOMEN, Chris? Do you think it's important for our enemies to respect us, Chris? How would those who treat women like chattel, respect a woman President, Chris? Or are you suddenly unconcerned with the feelings of the "Arab Street"? Perhaps Mrs Clinton who believed the lies of her husband in the face of an "Army of bimbos", is too gullible to be President in these dangerous times in which we find ourselves". Just a thought.

Yes, Chris.

A woman could be President. A black man could be president too, maybe even a black woman at some point. But, apparently no one with the last name of Cuomo. Apparently someone with the last name of Cuomo even has a hard time pretending to be a journalist.

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

Sure, Chrissy.  Just not

Sure, Chrissy.  Just not the one you want.

Can a woman become

Can a woman become President? Sure. All she has to do is enter the race and convince the voters to vote for her.

Can a black become President? Sure. See the above answer.

Can a black woman become President? Sure. See the first answer.

Criminies, Chris, didn't you pay attention in Civics class in Jr. High School?

Now, if you meant, "can Hillary become President", the answer is yes, but I certainly hope she doesn't. Communism failed in the Soviet Union, and it won't work here, either.

"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan